CN102869835A - Energy absorbing vehicle barrier - Google Patents

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CN102869835A
CN102869835A CN201180019147XA CN201180019147A CN102869835A CN 102869835 A CN102869835 A CN 102869835A CN 201180019147X A CN201180019147X A CN 201180019147XA CN 201180019147 A CN201180019147 A CN 201180019147A CN 102869835 A CN102869835 A CN 102869835A
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肖恩·汤普森
亚伦·J.·考克斯
帕特里克·A.·莱昂哈特
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01FADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01FADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/14Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact specially adapted for local protection, e.g. for bridge piers, for traffic islands
    • E01F15/145Means for vehicle stopping using impact energy absorbers
    • E01F15/146Means for vehicle stopping using impact energy absorbers fixed arrangements
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01FADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/02Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01FADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/02Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes
    • E01F15/04Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of longitudinal beams or rigid strips supported above ground at spaced points
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01FADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/14Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact specially adapted for local protection, e.g. for bridge piers, for traffic islands
    • E01F15/145Means for vehicle stopping using impact energy absorbers
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Abstract

An energy absorbing vehicle barrier includes a frame defining a compartment. In one embodiment, the frame includes a nose. An energy absorbing cartridge is disposed within the compartment. A retaining device is coupled to the frame, with the retaining device disposed above and extending over at least a portion of an upper surface of the cartridge. The retaining device may contact and engage the upper surface of the cartridge when the barrier is impacted by a vehicle. In this way, the retaining device substantially prevents movement of the cartridge in at least a vertical direction during the impact. Methods of using and assembling the barrier are also provided.

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Energy absorption formula vehicle barrier
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of vehicle barrier, particularly a kind of vehicle barrier that under non-fatal mode, can absorb the vehicle impact energy.
Background technology
Energy absorption formula vehicle barrier such as the highway crash barrier, is generally used for obstruction the place ahead of speedway both sides, such as concrete wall, charge station, tunnel face, bridge and similarity.One class bumper has used a plurality of energy absorbing elements that row dividing plate and a row extends in the Crashworthy plate on described dividing plate next door that are provided with.When axial impact occured, described bumper was designed to absorb the kinetic energy of vehicle impact, along with described bumper axially described or vertically collapse.Because bumper collapses, described dividing plate is mutually close, and the mutual intussusception of described Crashworthy plate (fender plate), and this can cause described energy absorbing element compression and the distortion that dividing plate is set, thereby absorbs the kinetic energy of described vehicle impact.After such collision, many building blocks can be by barrier film and the Crashworthy plate that is repositioned at its home position, and the assembly of changing energy absorbing element and other damages is reused.Generally, energy absorbing element is not limited on the vertical direction for ease of assembling and reparation.
Summary of the invention
On the one hand, energy absorption formula vehicle barrier embodiment comprises the framework that defines compartment, places the energy absorption formula shell in the described compartment and the retaining device that is connected in described framework.Described retaining device extends out above at least a portion of described shell upper surface.Described retaining device can contact in the upper surface of described shell and engage when described barrier layer is subject to Vehicular impact, thereby described retaining device has prevented in fact described shell motion in the vertical direction during described bump.
In one embodiment, described framework can comprise the first and second longitudinal extension faces and the protuberance (nose) between described the first and second longitudinal extension faces that places described compartment opposite side.In one embodiment, described retaining device is configurable to be connected to described protuberance as support, and described support is suspended in the upper surface of described shell.
In another embodiment, described retaining device comprises first and second the longitudinal extension face that is connected to described framework, also comprises the protuberance described in the embodiment.The whole width that described retaining device roughly passes described shell laterally extends.In one embodiment, described retaining device can comprise the bar that is connected to movably described framework.
On the other hand, a kind of method of car brakeing comprises provides energy absorption formula vehicle barrier, described vehicle barrier to comprise that at least one defines the framework of compartment, places the energy absorption shell in the described compartment.Retaining device is connected in described framework, and extends out above at least a portion of described shell upper surface.Described method also comprises: with described Vehicular impact barrier layer, during described bump, limit described shell in the approximate vertical direction at least by described retaining device, thereby described retaining device and described framework remain on described shell in the described compartment in fact during clashing into.
In yet another aspect, the method for assembling energy absorption formula vehicle barrier comprises assembles the framework that defines at least one shell, places shell and retaining device is connected to described framework above the upper surface of described shell in described compartment.
Aforementioned paragraphs is provided in the general introduction mode, does not limit the scope of claim.Present preferred forms will be understood below in conjunction with the detailed description of accompanying drawing by reference best together with further advantage.
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Fig. 1 is the phantom drawing of an embodiment of energy absorption formula vehicle barrier;
Fig. 2 is the top view of one section guide rail;
Fig. 3 is that Fig. 2 is along the lateral view of 3-3 line;
Fig. 4 is that Fig. 2 is along the end-view of 4-4 line;
Fig. 5 is the phantom drawing of described Fig. 2 rail sections;
Fig. 6 is the elevation of a baffle assembly, has shown the relation between described baffle assembly and the guide rail;
Fig. 7 is the lateral view of Fig. 6 baffle assembly;
Fig. 8 is the decomposition diagram of an energy absorption shell;
Fig. 9 is the partial enlarged drawing that has configured the described energy absorption formula vehicle barrier of retaining device among Fig. 1;
Figure 10 (a) is the details exploded view of described retaining device;
Figure 10 (b) is the assembling detail figure of the retaining device of Figure 10 (a);
Figure 11 is the sectional view of the protuberance of described energy absorption formula barrier layer;
Figure 12 is the stereogram of another embodiment of described energy-absorbing vehicle formula barrier layer;
Figure 13 is the stereogram of the another embodiment of described energy-absorbing vehicle formula barrier layer;
Figure 14 is that the energy-absorbing vehicle of retaining device of another embodiment of configuration of an embodiment of a partial enlarged drawing stops;
Figure 15-16 has enumerated at bump starting stage energy absorption formula vehicle barrier decay vehicle;
Figure 17 is the partial sectional view that the described protuberance compartment of energy absorption shell wherein is not set.
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" laterally ", " laterally " word and variant thereof refer to extend transversely first and second between the width Y of energy absorption formula vehicle barrier 10 of Crashworthy plate 16.Described laterally is that foremost 101 rearmost ends 102 to described vehicle barrier 10 of extending from described vehicle barrier 10 are substantially perpendicular to one vertically or axial direction X." backward " refer to away from 101 protuberance guard shield (nose fender) 24 at one end, be close to position or the direction of the opposite end 102 of vehicle barrier 10 as described in the obstruction of adjacent positioned or the danger (such as bridge mark, charge station etc.)." on " or " top " refer to for vertical direction or orientation towards the top edge of described energy-absorbing vehicle barrier layer 10, and " bottom surface " or " below " refers to vertical direction or orientation towards ground." overlay configuration " can be illustrated in inside or exterior arrangement is overlapping.In whole manual, similarly label refers to identical element.
Forward now accompanying drawing to, Fig. 1-7 has enumerated energy absorption formula vehicle barrier 10 and has been similar to the highway bumper described in the United States Patent (USP) 5868521, belong to the assignee of present patent application: (the Energy Absorption Systems of Energy Absorbing system Corp., Inc.), and by reference all incorporate it into this paper reference.With reference to Fig. 2-5, the formula of energy absorption described in Fig. 1 vehicle barrier 10 can comprise: contain two sections or the guide rail 12 of multistage 26 more.Each described section 26 comprises a upper plate 28 and two side plates 30.Described upper plate 28 forms two mounting flanges 29 relative, that along continuous straight runs extends.Described side plate 30 is fixed in a series of lower plate 32.Each lower plate 32 has defined at least two openings 34, and its size is suitable for receiving an earth anchor 15 separately.Fagging 36 can be fixed between described side plate 30 and lower panel 32, so that extra rigidity to be provided.As shown in Figure 4, the central indentation that an end of described section 26 defines (central recess) 38, shape in the present embodiment is rectangle normally.Shown in Fig. 2,3 and 5, described section 26 the other end has defined a central protrusion section (central protrusion) 40.The shape of described central protrusion section 40 is rectangle normally, but can define the soffit 42 of an inclination.
Described upper plate 28 can by, such as but not limited to, 10 centimetres of width, the steel plate that thickness is 1.3 centimetres forms.Described side plate 30 can be configured as 7.6 centimetres of height, the band steel that thickness is 0.95 centimetre (flat bar).Described lower plate 32 thickness can be 1.3 centimetres.It is suitable that hot-rolled steel is found to be such as ASTM A-36 or AISM 1020 hot rolled steel plates, and solder technology that can Application standard links together to guarantee various assemblies.Because described guide rail 12 is segmentations, its guide rail than one whole more easily transports and installs.In addition, if damage, only need to replace described section 26 of damage, thereby reduced maintenance cost.The soffit 42 of the described inclination of described central 55 juts 40 and allowing described damage sections 26 to form described drop-center 38 and be eliminated by lifting described end near the described groove near the described lower plate 32 the described central protrusion section 40.
Fig. 6 and 7 has enumerated baffle assembly 14.Each baffle assembly 14 can comprise a top 44 and a bottom 46.A dividing plate is formed at described top 44, and comprises a median plate 48, is carinate metal sheet in the present embodiment, also can be the cross section identical with Crashworthy plate.Described plate 48 is fixed on each end of each metal sheet 50 firmly.Support bracket 52 can be fixed to the lower limb of described panel 48, to support described energy absorbing element or shell 22.Alignment bracket (alignment brackets) 54 can be fixed to described plate 48, laterally to locate described energy absorption shell 22 at described recess or protuberance compartment.The bottom 46 of described baffle assembly 14 comprises a strut assemblies (leg assembly) 56.Described strut assemblies 56 in the present embodiment 10 comprises two square-section pillars 58 that firmly are fixed on the top 44, by for example, welds or similar approach.Described strut assemblies 56 forms one and is fixed to the upper part 60 of the described dividing plate of described baffle assembly 14, two side parts 62 and lower part 64.Described side part 62 all described side or described vehicle barrier 10 laterally about center line 66 symmetries.In this embodiment, described center line 66 is towards described vertical direction.
Each described pillar 58 has supported a corresponding base (feet) 68.Described base 68 from the lower part 64 of described pillar 58 downwards and stretch out.Each base 68 terminates in 20 lower plates 70 and pair of side plates 72.Described lower plate 70 is suitable for being supported in the described baffle assembly 14 on the area supported (support surface), and is free to slide along described area supported.This area supported can be formed, and for example, passes through concrete pedestal.Described side plate 70 forms the slope that extends up to described base 68 from described base plate 72.Described tire or the obstacle (snagging) of wheel on the lowermost portion of described base 68 of vehicle impact reduced on these slopes.As shown in Figure 6, two guides 74 are fixed between the pillar 58 movably, by securing member 76 or similar item.Each described guide 74 comprises a pair of level board 78,80 towards described center line 66 that separates separately.Described plate 78,80 receives described mounting flange 29 betwixt, with the described upper plate 78 that leans against described flange 29 upper surfaces and the lower panel 80 of locating with the bottom surface that engages described flange 29.In operating process, be supported by described base 68 and described plate 78 in the weight of described baffle assembly 14.
When operation, described plate 80 preventions described baffle assembly 14 when vehicle is subject to clashing into moves up about described guide rail 12.Because described guide 74 is fixed in the described baffle assembly 14 by removable fastener 76, if damage is arranged in bump, described guide 74 can be replaced, and need not remove described baffle assembly 14.When described vehicle barrier 10 collapses under axial impact, stop haply all transverse movements of described vehicle barrier 10 when described guide rail 12, described baffle assembly slides into described guide rail 12 for 14 times.Described guide 74 can have a sizable length, and can for example be 20 centimeter length, approximately 1.3 centimetres thickness.Described guide 74 can by, for example, hot-rolled steel is made, such as ASTM A-36 or AISM 1020.The length of described guide 74 has reduced any trend that described baffle assembly 14 shakes, and constraint (bind) described guide rail 12 axially/collapse longitudinally/compress, thereby guarantee that described vehicle barrier 10 is stablized, consistent axially collapsing.Because described lower plate 80 engaged with the following of described flange 29, described lower plate 80 and flange 29 stop described vehicle barrier 10 overturning or upset in described crash.Although be irregular at area supported, the upper plate 78 of described guide 74 is kept described baffle assembly 14 with respect to the suitable height of described guide rail 12.Described guide rail 12 and guide 74 provide horizontal restrain, guiding to collapse and overturning or slip resistance analysis runs through the whole axial of described vehicle barrier 10.In addition, if the described Crashworthy plate 16 of Transverse Impact, described guide 74 is tending towards locking described guide rail 12, because they move to a position that tilts with described guide rail 12 by described vehicle impact.This lock out action provides further lateral stiffness in Transverse Impact to described vehicle barrier 10.Wide interval between the described pedestal 68 has increased stability and the anti-overturning under side knock of described vehicle barrier.As shown in Figure 1, the rear portion of described Crashworthy plate 16 is fixed to the rear of adjacent separator by securing member 104 and plate 106.This plate 106 can have and is shaped to meet the side of adjacent spine (ridges) 82, and the edge, front and back all is that the inclined-plane is to reduce the vehicle obstacle.Described plate 106 is larger, and for example length can be 25 centimetres, and defines a flange (lug) that extends downwardly into described corresponding groove 88.This arrangement provides a kind of system, in this system, and described Crashworthy plate 16 intussusception each other reposefully in axially collapsing, and pull out therein described securing member 104 and be prevented from fact.
Fig. 8 has shown the exploded view of an energy absorption shell 22.This energy absorption shell 22 comprises a shell 108, and it is formed on two parts, to satisfy the seam 110 at a horizontal alignment.Described housing has defined front surface 112 and the rear surface 114 that is against described adjacent separator assembly 14.Each housing 108 has also defined a corresponding top surface 116.Described top surface 116 has defined compressibilty and has strengthened zone 118, has defined in the present embodiment a parallel pleated or ripple (corrugations) 120 arrays.These ripples 120 usually extension are parallel to described front surface 112 and rear surface 114.Described compressibilty strengthens regional 118 and guarantee that if described housing 108 axially compresses, this compression is positioned at zone 118 at first between front surface 112 and rear surface 114.Only by way of example, the length of described housing 108, height and width are approximately 82,57 and 55 centimetres, and can be approximately 11 centimetres at the width in zone 118.Described housing 108 can be with molded the forming of any suitable material, such as straight chain, high density or low density polyethylene (LDPE), for example, a kind of ultraviolet inhibitor.Described housing 108 can comprise any suitable energy absorbing element 109, and the present invention is not limited to any specific arrangement of components.For example, energy absorbing element can be as described in 4352484 the United States Patent (USP) such as the patent No., uses a frangible paper honeycomb material (5 centimetres honeycomb diameter and 5 cm layer thickness) and polyurethane foam.Alternative, described energy absorbing element 109 can be formed by frangible metal beehive body member 11, and each thick 17.8 centimetres, honeycomb diameter are 3.8 centimetres.Described element is preferably dead annealed low carbon steel plate (elements of the element of 0.45 millimeters thick and other three 0.71 millimeters thick) and forms.In the embodiment in figure 1, described (a plurality of) front shell 22 for example is arranged on protuberance compartment 22, can use described paper honeycomb material and described rear compartment, the Steel material that shell 22 adopts as described in can using such as two recess.Yet, should be understood that, be not limited to above-described embodiment at energy absorption shell 22, and any free floating (free-floating) energy absorbing device of enough energy absorption is provided, in described compartment 2, all can use.
In one embodiment, because described shell 22 is frangible, they place in the described compartment 2 with may being difficult to permanent adherence, for example, and the place in described protuberance compartment or recess 4.In addition recess 4 compression and the intussusception in the wings along with protuberance compartment and dividing plate 14 because described shell 22 is designed to collapse, it is preferably, impact and deformation phases between described shell 22 do not keep fixing.Therefore, in one embodiment, described shell 22 places in the compartment 2, comprises described protuberance compartment and described recess 4, to such an extent as to they are not connected with described framework, comprises dividing plate and Crashworthy plate.In the present embodiment, the soffit of described shell 22 rests in the support that places each described compartment 2 simply.For example, described foremost shell 22 can rest on the A-frame 203 of the front surface that is connected to described foremost dividing plate and be connected on the A-frame 201 of protuberance guard shield described in Fig. 1,11 and 13.Described shell 22 does not connect, yet, for the assembly in described protuberance guard shield 24 or other the described protuberance compartments, and be to support at described compartment simply.Similarly, in recess 4, in fact described shell 22 is not connected to described dividing plate 14, Crashworthy plate 16 or guide rail 12, but supported in the described compartment that it defines.In other embodiments, described shell 22 can crisply be connected to described framework by safety pin (shear pins) or similar item, it is designed to can make in crash bump to lose efficacy, and allows described shell 22 mobile in direction backward when described compartment 2 cover superimposition are collapsed.
Embodiment has utilized shell 22 to avoid being connected with described vehicle barrier 10, is conducive to assembling process and maintenance/Renewal process in the follow-up simplification of Vehicular impact.Yet, because in fact the described shell 22 among these embodiment is not connected to described vehicle barrier 10, be possible so during clashing into, shear or break through described shell for described shell.For example, the shell in described protuberance compartment may have mobile in vertical direction tendency.Such movement is partly to alleviate described protuberance compartment by described steel protuberance guard shield 24; be tending towards crushing and curve inwardly towards the center of described protuberance compartment, thereby " controlling (the gripping) " effect at described most important shell 22 front ends is provided.Yet when lacking described retaining device 3, described shell 22 may move during clashing into, rotates or otherwise move up, and may cause the fragmentation of described shell 22, or protrudes on described Crashworthy plate 16.If whole shell 22 no longer is to be completely contained in the compartment 2, only in fact some shell contacts compression shock power, and therefore, only total potential energy of some shell 22 absorbs and is utilized.
Therefore, in this case, described shell 22 is to utilize during Vehicular impact and extra energy must be arranged on other compartments 2(such as, recess 4 by described residue) shell 22 be absorbed.In some cases, under the energy absorption capability of utilizing described (a plurality of) shell, particularly the most important shell 22 that is arranged on described protuberance compartment may cause whole described vehicle barrier 10 can not absorb energy enough or desired amount.That is to say, if most important shell 22 can not absorb the energy of its maximum capacity haply, the described total system efficient that becomes is lower, and the amount of energy of the described vehicle barrier 10 that defines can reduce.Therefore, extra recess must be added in the described vehicle barrier 10, reaching the energy absorption of desired level, thereby causes unnecessary cost and the waste of resource.
According to application, described energy absorption formula vehicle barrier 10 can have the compartment 2 that described framework defines that passes through of varying number.Tell is assembled by a plurality of baffle assemblies 14, Crashworthy plate 16, guide rail and protuberance guard shield 14 with framework.Can be regarded as, in other embodiments, the described framework that defines compartment can be by different module compositions.In the example of Fig. 1, described vehicle barrier comprises three independently 2: one protuberance compartments of compartment and two recess 4.It should be understood, however, that described vehicle barrier 10 is not limited to this, and can comprise plural recess 4, such as, but not limited to, five or more recess 4.For the purpose of this manual, recess 4 can be described as comprising two of a pair of barrier film that vertically separates 14, energy absorption shell 22 and the relative both sides that are arranged on described shell 22 be spaced laterally apart, the part of the described energy absorption formula vehicle barrier 10 of the Crashworthy plate 16 of longitudinal extension.
Described protuberance compartment can comprise around shell 22 and connect the protuberance guard shield 24 of the Crashworthy plate be arranged on described the first recess 4 opposite side.Alternatively, described protuberance guard shield 24 can connect other frame parts that arrange on the relative both sides of the Crashworthy plate 16 of two longitudinal extensions or described shell 22.Described protuberance guard shield 24 can by, for example, make from No. 14 steel plates, and can by the machanical fastener of single single steel plate or two or more connections or similarly sheet material make, as shown in Fig. 1 and 17.In other embodiments, the protuberance guard shield can by, such as but not limited to, other suitable materials are made, and comprise other numbers steel, other metal, such as aluminium, various plastics, composite material, such as glass fiber, or their various combinations.
In Fig. 9 and Figure 10 (a)-(b), described retaining device 3 is connected with described protuberance guard shield 24.In one embodiment, be configured to have bottom surface 259 and two box-like supports that are arranged on the vertically extending upstanding wall 254 at its two ends at described retaining device 3.Mounting flange 257 is by the extension of each described upstanding wall 254, with crooked in the transverse center of described support roughly the described mounting flange of each of proper angle 257 is formed to form one.Described support can be by a holistic metal sheet of list, namely, a planar graph, be bent to above-mentioned shape, this can cause a high-intensity design, the namely resistance to deformation when suffering impact from vehicle, particularly in curved edges with described upstanding wall 254 and described bottom surface 259 couples together and junction between described upstanding wall 254 and described mounting flange 257.
Such as Figure 10 (a) with (b), two " L shaped " supporting members 252 can be connected to by the combination of machanical fastener 23, welding, adhesive or similar gimmick described support.In one embodiment, described securing member is inserted into by the fixing hole (attachment holes) 258 on described bottom surface 259 and each described flange 257.Although described retaining device also can not use described supporting member, the support at its tie point is strengthened in described supporting member 252 conducts, and particularly increases the bending strength of described retaining device.Described support and supporting member 252 can by, such as but not limited to, No. 10 steel is made, such as ASTM A-36 or AISM1020 steel.In other embodiments, described support and support component can by, such as but not limited to, the material that other are suitable comprises other numbers steel (gauges of steel), other metal, such as aluminium, various plastics, composite material, such as glass fiber, or their various combinations.But be to be understood that, described support and/or supporting member 252 can provide enough strength materials to make by any, and can have any enough configurations of large contact surface that provides, with with the Vehicular impact process in suppress and keep energy absorption shell 22 in the described compartment 2, will be described in greater detail below.
Retaining device 3 can bear the 1000 pounds of static(al)s in bottom surface that are evenly distributed, and has shown simultaneously and has only had the zonule that permanent deformation may occur.In the crash tests of reality, the described support of the described retaining device 3 of the present embodiment and the combination of supporting member 252 are found in is enough to avoid to a great extent distortion during the crash, and can reuse in a plurality of total system capacity crash tests and not damaged.
Shown in Fig. 9 and 11, described retaining device can be connected in the mode of cantilever on the upper surface of described protuberance guard shield 24 front portions.In one embodiment, described retaining device is connected to the surface of the general planar of described protuberance guard shield.To such an extent as to described support is so connected its bottom surface 259 and is arranged on described upper surface top or the equal height of described shell 22.Described support is preferably and is connected to removably described protuberance guard shield 24, for example, and with securing member 23 or similar item, such as pin (pins) or TAB (tabs).The bottom surface 259 of described support is preferably the upper surface top that separates described energy absorption shell 22, so that have at least a minimum clearance 224 to form on it.Because tolerance/thickness is piled up, this gap 224 allows described retaining device 3 not to be subjected to be installed to described protuberance guard shield 24 with intervening, thereby has simplified manufacturing, assembling and Renewal process.The bottom surface 259 of described support is with the mode longitudinal extension of cantilever, on the direction backward in overlapping mode at least a portion of described shell 22.Described support can be overlapping with described shell 22 by interface 225, scope can from, for example, three (3) inches or more, the embodiment of one of them 32 inches compartment, provide approximately 10% overlapping.Be shown as only extending on the wide part of the side of described shell 22 although note that described shell support, be not restricted to this, and described support can be crossed over the longitudinal length of whole width and described shell 22.In addition, can be regarded as described support can with or need not be connected to described protuberance guard shield 24 by described support.In an alternate embodiment, described retaining device roughly extends to described whole longitudinal length, and wherein, it is fixed on the end and another partition component of described protuberance guard shield.Although described retaining device is installed in the described compartment that defines by the protuberance guard shield, should be understood that, similarly retaining device can be used for being defined as other compartments of recess.
Such as Figure 15 and 16, described retaining device 3 is used in the knockout process reservation and suppresses described shell 22, and prevents that the energy absorption characteristics of described shell 22 is not fully utilized.As indicated above, be placed at retaining device 3 at least a portion of upper surface of described shell 22, when described compartment 2 is received bump, thereby prevent haply at least in the vertical direction rotation or the movement on the Z of described shell 22.By stoping described shell 22 in the fast moving of described Z direction, described shell 22 is direct contact impact, and for example, the bumper of described vehicle 300 can cause that described shell breaks or cuts off.In addition, because described shell 22 remains within the described compartment 2, whole described shell 22 bears compression impact power basically.Therefore, described shell 22 can be roughly from bump endergonic peak discharge.
In addition, because described shell 22 keeps being included in the compartment 2, described protuberance guard shield 24 also unlikely is bent away from described Crashworthy plate, and the moment of torsion in the increase system.Because described protuberance guard shield 24 can not be bent away from knockout process, described protuberance guard shield 24 helps directly to guide the place ahead of described vehicle 300 to the center of described vehicle barrier 10, thereby maximizes the energy absorption of each described shell 22.
Figure 12 has shown the energy absorption formula vehicle barrier 400 of another kind of embodiment, and therein, retaining device 3 is connected to described compartment 2, comprises described protuberance compartment and whole 6 recess 4.When the shown support as Fig. 9-11 of described retaining device 3, be not restricted to this.For example, shown in Figure 13,14, described retaining device can be configured to a bar 3 ' or other similar transverse members.Described bar 3 ' can be connected to by machanical fastener or other similar items the opposite of described protuberance guard shield 24 replacedly, and can pass the whole lateral width extension of described shell 22.Similarly, described bar 3 ' also can pass described recess 4 and extend, and replaced the relative Crashworthy plate 16 that is connected to.Can be regarded as the embodiment 10 that described bar 3 ' also can be used for Fig. 1-11.
Although the above is preferred embodiment of the present invention for the present invention, should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention and scope, can also make some improvements and modifications.Similarly, the detailed description of front is regarded as illustrative rather than restrict, and it is the claim of adding, and it is equal to comprise all, all is in order to define scope of the present invention.

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1. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier comprises:
Define the framework of compartment;
Place the energy absorption formula shell in the described compartment; And
Be connected in the retaining device of described framework, described retaining device extends out above at least a portion of described shell upper surface;
Wherein, described retaining device can contact in the upper surface of described shell and engage when described barrier layer is subject to Vehicular impact, thereby described retaining device has prevented in fact described shell motion in the vertical direction during described bump.
2. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described retaining device avoids being connected to described shell.
3. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described shell is supported movably by described framework.
4. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described shell is frangible.
5. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, at least a portion of the bottom of described frangible shell is by described frame supported, and described shell avoids in fact being connected to described framework.
6. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described framework comprises the protuberance that defines described compartment.
7. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described retaining device comprises the support that is connected in described protuberance and is suspended in described shell upper surface.
8. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described support comprises:
The box like structure of the opposing sidewalls that has the diapire adjacent with described upper surface and extend upward out from described diapire; And
The mounting flange that extends out and be connected with described protuberance from described sidewall.
9. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, described support also comprises the girth member that at least one has the first that is connected to described diapire and is connected to the second portion of described protuberance.
10. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the first end of described retaining device and the second end are connected respectively to the opposite side of described framework, the horizontal expansion and pass its whole width on described shell of wherein said retaining device.
11. energy absorption formula vehicle barrier as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described retaining device comprises the bar that is connected to removably described framework.
12. the method for a car brakeing, described method comprises:
Energy absorption formula vehicle barrier is provided, and described vehicle barrier comprises that at least one defines the framework of compartment, places the energy absorption shell in the described compartment; Be connected in the retaining device of described framework, wherein said retaining device extends out above at least a portion of described shell upper surface;
With described Vehicular impact barrier layer; And
During described bump, limit described shell in the approximate vertical direction at least by described retaining device, thereby described retaining device and described framework remain on described shell in the described compartment in fact during clashing into.
13. method as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, when described vehicle barrier was clashed into more than or equal to the power of the absorbent absorption maximum power of described shell, described shell absorbed roughly whole absorption maximum power.
14. method as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, described framework comprises the protuberance that defines described compartment, and wherein said retaining device comprises the support that is connected to described protuberance and is suspended in described shell upper surface.
15. method as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, described support comprises the box like structure of the opposing sidewalls that has the diapire adjacent with described upper surface and extend upward out from described diapire, and extends out and be connected to the mounting flange of described protuberance from described sidewall.
16. method as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, described support also comprises the girth member that at least one has the first that is connected to described diapire and is connected to the second portion of described protuberance.
17. method as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, the first end of described retaining device and the second end are connected respectively to the opposite side of described framework, wherein, and the horizontal expansion and pass its whole width on described shell of described retaining device.
18. method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, described retaining device comprises the bar that is connected to removably described framework.
19. method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, at least a portion of described tube shell bottom is by described frame supported, and described shell avoids in fact being connected to described framework.
20. the method for the described energy absorption formula vehicle barrier of assembling, described method comprises:
Assembling is used for defining the framework of at least one compartment, described framework have its longitudinal extension out at least two opposite side and between described opposite side, extend out and connected protuberance;
Shell is placed in the described compartment;
Above the upper surface of described shell, retaining device is connected to described framework.
21. method as claimed in claim 20, it is characterized in that, described retaining device comprises the box like structure of the opposing sidewalls that has the diapire adjacent with described upper surface and extend upward out from described diapire, and the mounting flange that extends out from described sidewall, described method also comprises described mounting flange is connected to described protuberance.
22. method comprises that also the first end with girth member is connected to described diapire, and the second end of described girth member is connected to described protuberance as claimed in claim 20.
23. method is characterized in that as claimed in claim 20, places described compartment to comprise at least a portion by the described tube shell bottom of described frame supported described shell, wherein said shell avoids in fact being connected to the framework of described compartment.
24. method is characterized in that as claimed in claim 20, described retaining device is connected to described framework carries out after described shell is placed described compartment.
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